We are living under a tech oligarchy that controls our digital lives. Tech giants drain local resources for massive data centers, sell surveillance tools that target Black, immigrant, and muslim communities, and monopolize media channels to shape which stories get told and who gets to tell them. Meanwhile, tech billionaires collude with the state to translate their wealth directly into political influence, gutting regulations while positioning themselves within government itself.
The results are clear. What we need is not affordable, our work is exploited, our communities are criminalized, our planet is deteriorating, and our speech is suppressed.
But within this political moment lies opportunity. We can expose this corporate capture of our information ecosystems and government, build new alliances to fight tech monopolies at strategic weak points, and reclaim our media and technology for the collective good.
Fighting for a future where we are all connected, represented and free.
MediaJustice builds power to challenge how corporations and governments use media and technology to shape our collective future.
We connect movements fighting corporate control, analyze how tech enables harmful policies, and amplify community-led alternatives to surveillance and extraction.
We envision a world where technology serves people and not profit. Where digital tools connect us rather than divide us, where technology helps regenerate rather than extract, and where communication networks are built and owned by the communities they serve.
In the future we are trying to build, media and technology amplify our voices, work in harmony with the natural world, and are governed democratically, with everyone having a meaningful say in the rules that shape them.
MediaJustice centers the voices of communities most harmed by inequities in media and technology. Our staff and board reflect this commitment.
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MediaJustice began in 2001 as a Black-led media accountability coalition fighting racist media bias. Founder Malkia Devich Cyril, with co-founders Amy Sonnie and Jen Soriano, expanded this work in 2009 to address broader communications rights.
From 2009 to 2024, we built the MediaJustice Network, uniting over 80 grassroots organizations to win significant victories: securing affordable broadband, pressuring platforms to combat hate speech, and blocking dangerous surveillance technologies.
In 2024, recognizing both our wins and the ground still being lost, we launched our Shifting Terrain strategy. This new approach positions MediaJustice where the field needs us the most: as a bridge builder equipping communities with the vision, analysis, and organizing needed to challenge corporate power at its roots.
As we enter the AI era, our collective power will determine whether we shape the future or have it imposed upon us by Silicon Valley billionaires. MediaJustice has made its choice. Will you join us in this fight to shift the digital terrain and reclaim our media and technology? Check out our most recent annual report for more.